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any grass. Tliis same laml, later on, showed no signs of injury from the 
application of the sewage-water nnder such adverse circuuistances, but after 
having been grazed to the 27th of May it grew all over it a very good hay- 
crop, which was purchased by the resident dairyman, and was again grazed in 
the autumn. A meadow which is useil exclusively for grazing is contoured 
with carriers, and is occasionally irrigated. 
Rotation of Cropping. — The rule observed on this farm is 
first, for three years, rye-grass, followed in the fourth year by 
wheat or oats, in the fifth year mangolds, and in the sixth year 
a return to rye-grass. 
Cattle. — Colonel Jones has but two cows of his own,^having 
disposed of his stock to a dairyman for the sum of 670/. The 
stock is, however, all kept on the farm under the terms of 
the agreement already referred to, and the value of this stock 
is included in the farm valuation, but none of the tenant's 
plant is included in the valuation. At the time of our in- 
spection there were twenty-six cows in milk, three dry, and 
six calves, and also one bull on the farm. The dairy stock is 
tied up all the winter and part of the summer. In the summer 
the cows are fed on Italian rye-grass night and morning, and 
graze in the meadow. In winter they are fed on hay, mangolds, 
cabbage, Indian-meal and grains. The cows are bought in 
from time to time as required, and are sold off when dry. The 
calves are sold mostly for rearing, but some few are sold 
fat to the butcher. Two or three are invariably kept for the 
renewal of the stock. The calves are never allowed to suck 
the cows, but are reared on skimmed milk and linseed. The 
average yield of milk is about 1^ gallon per cow per day, and 
the price realised for the milk, when sold night and morning in 
Wrexham, at the time of our inspection, was but 2c?. per quart, 
the usual retail price being 3fZ. per quart. Barren cows are 
fed and sold to the butcher. The bull is a two-year-old Short- 
horn, bred by Sir Watkin W. Wynn, by " Duke of Clive." 
The health of the cattle was reported as good, for, with the excep- 
tion of a very mild outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease and an 
occasional case of milk-fever, no cow has been sick during the 
past eight years they have been kept on this farm. 
Horses. — Fourteen horses and ponies are kept, twelve of 
which are the property of Colonel Jones, and two the property 
of Mr. Jackson, the resident dairyman. Two horses and two 
ponies belonging to Colonel Jones are exclusively used for 
private purposes. There are three cart-horses, and the remainder 
is made up of young horses and ponies bred on the farm. The 
horses working on the farm are also employed in carting sewage- 
sludge for the Wrexham Manure Company. The health of the 
horses is very good. Colonel Jones reported that the horses are 
